The flashers will activate when heavy congestion is taking place.  Unfortunately this sign was destroyed in an accident; I am not sure if the Florida DOT will replace this sign following the major work taking place.

Remain in the right lane for Kennedy Blvd. or in the second right lane for Tampa International Airport and Spruce Street.

Another reminder to be in the right lanes for either Kennedy Blvd. or Tampa International Airport.

You used to use Exit 39B for Cypress Street but that ramp has been dismantled due to the airport interchange project. Instead, use Exit 39A (Kennedy Blvd.) to Westshore Blvd. then north (going under Interstate 275) to Cypress Street. Exit 40B is Lois Avenue, which terminates at Spruce Street (FL 616) and is an entrance to the upscale shopping mall.

In this updated photo the Cypress Street legend was replaced by a Spruce Street legend mounted on a sign plate that covers the old Cypress Street designation. You can no longer go directly to Cypress Street from northbound Interstate 275; rather, you can go to Spruce Street and turn south on O'Brien Street to reach Cypress Street.

If you are headed for Kennedy Blvd. or Westshore Plaza, use this exit as this is FL 60 east. If you are headed to Tampa International Airport you definitely want to use Exit 39B.

If you are headed to Tampa International Airport, this is your exit. Notice how the right lane drops off here and sometimes traffic slows to a crawl on northbound Interstate 275 during the morning and afternoon commute.  Also notice that the legend for Cypress Street has been greened out as the ramp to Cypress Street as part of Exit 39B no longer exists.

Same signage as the previous photo, only Spruce Street now takes the place of where the Cypress Street legend used to exist on the sign to the right.

Lois Avenue is 1-1/4 mile ahead, while Dale Mabry Highway (US 92) is 1-3/4 mile ahead and Armenia/Howard Avenues is 2-3/4 miles away.

This signage was recently erected when Legends Field was renamed in honor of the owner of the New York Yankees, which hold their spring training here in Tampa. Raymond James Stadium (known as RayJay) is the home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Use Exits 40B (Lois Avenue) or 41 (Dale Mabry Highway) to reach either venue.

This is the same signage as the last picture, only the difference is that is bears the Legends Field name before it was renamed.

Simply remain in the right lane to Exit 39. Once there, follow FL 60 to the Veterans Expressway entrance.

Use the right lane for access to Tampa International Airport as well as FL 60 to Clearwater and the Veterans Expressway (FL Toll 589). Additionally, this is the last Tampa exit before the Howard Frankland Bridge; continuing past this exit will result in you having to travel 7 miles across the Howard Frankland Bridge to Interstate 275's first exit in St. Petersburg, FL 687/4 St N (also known as Exit 32)

Headed to Tampa International Airport to catch a flight? This is your exit!

While this sign may have the look of a permanent sign, this is a temporary sign erected by the contractor working on the Tampa Airport interchanges project taking place. This is the approximate location of an overhead sign gantry that used to be here.

This is seen from Cypress Street where FL 60 crosses over. As this sign is a temporary contractor installed sign, more permanent signage will be installed as the Tampa Airport interchange project progresses.

Remain in the far right lane for Interstate 275 south to St. Petersburg or the second right lane for Interstate 275 north to downtown Tampa and Interstate 4. Remain in the left lane to continue east on FL 60 via Kennedy Blvd.

This photo was taken prior to the sign being mounted by the contractor on the Tampa Airport Interchanges project. As you can see, most signage nowadays is fabricated by a private firm under contract to Florida DOT or by subcontract to a contractor working on a Florida DOT project. Temporary signage is governed by the maintenance of traffic plans for a project.

To reach Air Cargo, follow FL 60 to the Veterans Expressway entrance. Proceed north on the Veterans Expressway (but stay in the free lanes to the right) to Hillsborough Avenue; right on Hillsborough Avenue for about a half a mile to the airport's Air Cargo entrance.

This is seen looking west on Cypress Street. Access to Interstate 275 south is made by turning left just after you go under the overpass.

This photo shows the many bridge pillars and concrete beams supporting FL 60 as it crosses Cypress Street. This overpass bridge was built around 1976 along with the flyover from northbound Interstate 275 from St. Petersburg as part of improvements made back then.

This is the same overhead for Interstate 275 and FL 60 as described in an earlier photograph. Notice that the gantry is supported by a temporary support while the permanent support had to be removed to make way for construction taking place; I imagine this overhead will be replaced by a more sleeker looking overhead when the Tampa Airport interchanges project is done around 2010.

Remain in the right lane for Interstate 275 north to downtown Tampa and Interstate 4 or the left lane for FL 60 east via Kennedy Blvd. Going under this bridge is like a tunnel effect as these are the original mainline Interstate 275 overpass bridges built back in 1962 in its early Interstate 4 heydays and the center median was bridged in 1976 when improvements to Interstate 275 in Tampa were made.

Remain in the right lane for Interstate 275 north to downtown Tampa and Interstate 4 or the left lane for FL 60 east via Kennedy Blvd. just like the old signage.  The new signage for northbound Interstate 275 is that motorists are cautioned to reduce speed to 20 mph as the ramp is a circular steep ramp.  You can also see the old overheads from the previous photo in the background.  The old overheads mounted on the bridge no longer exist.

This is FL 60 looking east as it transitions from Memorial Highway to West Kennedy Blvd. at this traffic signal. Westshore Plaza is immediately to the left at this signal, while a short continuation of Kennedy Blvd. connecting with southbound Interstate 275 is to the right. Incidentally, Kennedy Blvd. used to be Grand Central Blvd. until 1963 when it was renamed in honor of President John F. Kennedy, who visited Tampa just before our country mourned his untimely death by an assassin's bullet in Dallas.

Notice that the left lane ends in 1200 feet just after you go under the overpass. There is no access to Interstate 275 from here; to go south on Interstate 275 requires a transit through Tampa International Airport. However, if you are headed to Tampa International Airport, the Veterans Expressway or FL 60 west to Clearwater then you are good to go.

Notice that the ramp to Cypress Street is no more, as it was dismantled to allow for construction of new ramps from eastbound FL 60 and from Tampa International Airport.

This is contractor installed temporary signage for the new exit onto FL 616, Spruce Street, from westbound FL 60.  In order to get to Cypress Street, follow the new Spruce Street exit to O'Brien Street, then south on O'Brien Street to Cypress Street.

Here are newly installed overheads for southbound Interstate 275 to St. Petersburg and northbound Interstate 275 to downtown Tampa and Interstate 4 as well as FL 60 east.  You can see the newly constructed direct ramp access from Tampa International Airport to St. Petersburg via southbound Interstate 275 to the right.